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Illinois Institute of Technology Land Acknowledgement

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian hosted its 45th Anniversary Benefit and Awards Ceremony on Nov. 19 at the Writers Theatre in Glencoe.  The event featured a keynote address by U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids, a citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation, who received the 2022 Dr. Montezuma Award for her contributions in advancing Native peoples...

Native American culture is alive in Chicago — you just have to know where to look.

Photography is a vessel for cultural preservation for Sharon Hoogstraten, giving dignity and visibility to a native community that has often been unable to control its own image, she said. Hoogstraten, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and a Chicago resident, embarked on a photography project more than 10 years ago, documenting modern Potawatomi...

The Weekend Ahead is back for the summer. Over the next few months, we’ll highlight events both on campus and in Evanston. Read on to find your weekend plans. Northwestern events Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory Dearborn Observatory  Friday 9-11 p.m. Free  Dearborn Observatory tours feature a walk through the observatory and a look...

The Evanston Arts Council announced Friday that 23 local arts nonprofits would be awarded funding secured from the National Endowment for the Arts. EAC was one of three Illinois organizations to receive an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the NEA.  This grant program, which will award a total of $135,000, is the largest one...

While some of Chicago’s museums have free admission days throughout the summer, many zoos, parks and museums across the city offer free admission for kids,...

The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian is hosting a film screening of “Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World” and a virtual panel discussion with its filmmakers, Costa Boutsikaris and Michael Kotutwa Johnson on Sunday. The film follows five Native American tribes as they restore ancient relationships with the Earth through traditional land management...

Student activist Emmet Ebels-Duggan said they wanted students to leave Evanston Township High School’s inaugural Climate Justice Conference feeling energized, educated and hopeful. “Information is just so key to everything political, to every movement,” Ebels-Duggan said. “We want to talk about climate justice specifically, and how climate crisis intersects with other forms of injustice.” Ebels-Duggan,...

Chicago is home to world class zoos, parks and museums — and you can bring your kids to many of them, for free. Here’s where.